John Gilchrist (linguist)
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John Gilchrist (linguist)
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John Borthwick Gilchrist was a Scottish surgeon, linguist, philologist and Indologist. Born and educated in Edinburgh, he spent most of his early career in India, where he made a study of the local languages. In later life, he returned to Britain and lived in Edinburgh and London. In his final years, he moved to Paris, where he died at the age of 81. He is principally known for his study of the Hindustani language, which led to it being adopted as the lingua franca of northern India by British c
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Scottish linguist, philologist and Indologist
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gilchrist_(linguist)
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2007-03-18T21:09:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T14:06:34Z
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